Gamayun

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Gamayun (representation in a painting by Viktor Vasnetsov).

Gamayun is a prophetic bird of Russian folklore.^[1] It is a symbol of wisdom and knowledge and lives on an island in the mythical east, close to paradise.^{[citation needed]} She is said to spread divine messages and prophecies, as she knows everything of all creation, gods, heroes, and man. Like the Sirin and the Alkonost, other creatures likewise deriving ultimately from the Greek myths and siren mythology,^[2][3] the Gamayun is normally depicted as a large bird with a woman's head.^{[citation needed]} In the books of the 17th-19th centuries, Gamayun was described as a legless and wingless bird, ever-flying with the help of a tail, foreshadowing the death of statesmen by her fall.

Popular culture[]

In his esoteric cosmography Roza Mira (1997), Daniil Andreev maintains that Sirins, Alkonosts, and Gamayuns are transformed into Archangels in Paradise.^{[citation needed]}

In season one, episode 10 the Netflix original television series The Crown,^[4] the Duke of Windsor speaks on the phone with his niece Elizabeth II, and likens the personhood of a monarch to a Sphinx or a Gamayun in that both creatures are fusions of two beings, never succeeding in being either.

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Further reading[]

• [Surname withheld], Janey (2008). "Slavic Creation Myth: Translated from Songs of the Bird Gamayun". self-published. Archived from the original (blog) on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016 – via Wordpress.
• [Unknown author] (2008). "Песни птицы Гамаюн" [Songs of the Bird Gamayun] (in Russian). Retrieved 18 November 2016.
• Koryikova M.; Epimakhov A. (2007). The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages (Cambridge World Archaeology). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521829281.

• Torpie, Kate (2007). Groovy Tubes: Mythical Beasts. Groovy Tube Books. Norwalk, CT: InnovativeKids. p. 23. ASIN B002YX0E8Y.
• The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures: The Ultimate A–Z of Fantastic Beings from Myth and Magic (children's illustrated ed.). London: HarperCollins UK. 25 February 2010. p. 16. ISBN 978-0007365050. Retrieved 18 November 2016.^{[better source needed]}

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